Pedal for musical instruments.



J. AMMON.

PEDAL FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.

APPLlCATlON FILED DEC. 9. 1912.

1,208,076. Patented Dec.12,1916.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE.

JOHN AMMON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO HENRY CHRISTMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PEDAL FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.

Application filed December 9, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN AMMoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at the borough of Manhattan, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pedals for Musical Instruments, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to improvements in pedal mountings for musical instruments such as pianos.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated in Figure 1 in perspective, partly broken away, an application of my inven- Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating a modification, and Fig. 3 is also a similar view illustrating another modification.

l indicates the floor of the interior of the frame of the piano and 5 indicates the usual pedal.

6 is the front of the frame through which the shank of the pedal projects and 7 is the bearing in which the rear of the pedal is pivotally secured.

8 is the pedal bar preferably provided with a suitable plug such as 9 slitted to receive the spring 10 which may be secured to the floor of the casing by screws or any other suitable means. The pedal end of the pedal bar is preferably provided with suitable connections such as the wire 11 which is preferably pivotally mounted within the elongated opening 12 of the pedal. By this arrangement it will be observed that the pedal is normally raised by the tension of the band spring 10 which may be made of any required resiliency. In the modification shown in Fig. 2 this spring indicated by the reference character 10, is shown perfectly Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 12, 1916.

Serial No. 735,729.

straight and is mounted in the floor 4 of the piano frame by a suitable plug such as 13 which may be slotted as shown. This method of mounting the springs is economical in point of time and labor required and insures an absolutely firm and secure hold.

In the modification shown in Fig. 3 a suitable wire 14 may be bent U-shaped as shown with an elongated loop 15 projecting along the pedal bar to provide the necessary leverage and give the desired resiliency. These springs may be secured by screws or other suitable means as may be desired and the pedal bar is preferably cut away as shown at 1616 to provide a seating for the spring mounting. This form of mounting for the pedal bar it will also be found is quickly installed and inexpensive to manufacture and will provide a sufficiently rigid mounting for the pedal bar.

Of course it will be understood that Various other modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

I claim:

In combination with the pedal of a musical instrument, a pivotal support for the back of said pedal, a bar attached at one end to and between the front and back of said pedal, a fiat resilient bar secured at one end to said instrument, and provided at the other end with a dowel, and said dowel secured within a hole through said first mentioned bar.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN AMMON. Witnesses:

- NIEYER PHILLIPS,

JOHN B. CORRIGAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

